... s EE''UTO-MAG(NIE'T'J SM AS A MIO'T'IVE POWER. ?? Tinecs has am intcresting article on eleetro-tnagnetism as a motive pewer. Tbre writer describes the several unsuccessfal tendepavours to construct locomotive engines moved by clectri- cityl:- In a paper read before the Socioty of Arts in 1850 life impro- bability ofi aty result being obtained from eloctro-miekgnetisin i which couul denable it ...

... pp,' LIVINGSTONE AND AFRICAN DISCOVERY. (From the Daily News.) .Wile the Frenich Government ace engaged in .11,h1asinlg negroes onl the West Coast of Africa, and violatinn of tlie solitary clause in the r etyv of' 1S5, which still subsists-the African -le trade, the Enoglsh4i Government havc resolved o ;e'1 J)r. Livinglstone oni a voyage of discovery up el'o %~ ot. itbesi, on tile E3ast Coast. ...

... e L - - l A- A!. _ I: - IL A - - . A _O c At a time of rejoicing and holiday like the present, it is ret freshing to hear that our afflicted brothers and sisters are not forgotten. Dr. InApllogh, the worthy superintendent of our Lunatic Asylum, at ?? anxious to introduce any innocent amusement which might afford a happy hour to those under his charge, readily accepted an offer made to him by ...

... !LA'A E ?? AT N E W HImRALDOf FEl=, Friday Moning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. IN D-IA. THE RELIEF OF lsUCKNOW. Alexandria, Dec. 19. The telegraph announces the arrival at Suez of the Pekinj. with dates from Bombay to the 4th instant. Sir Colin Campbell joined the force-at Aluinmbagh on the 1Ith ultimo, and on the 19th, after a series of severe struggles, the garrison of Lucknow was relieved. On ...

... THIE MUTINY AT K(OT1l1. T5o the Editor' of the TI'imnes. Sir,-Tbe fearful state of grief and distress into wirich my mother, sister, twro brothers, and myself have beeiL pl ungei aDr- tirely uufits nle for [lie task of drawing Up a a acoonet iit for publication il your paper, and I therefore eamrestly entroat yoa hi justice to tib memory of my lamented father, kindly to read the shocking ...

... (From tie Cambridge Zisys.) Richard Pos'son was born on Christmas day, 1759, at East Ruiston, near North Walelham, in Norfolk, the elidestson of Mr. Huggin Poi-son, parish clerk of the place. His father was by I trade a worsted weaver, and combined with this the offices of parish clerk and apparitor to time archdeacon. lie is described as clever in Isis way, though seemingly not distinguished ...

... - AN-INTERESTING REFUGEE. (From tho Times.) Ladies about to. mary distinguished foreigners with- out too 'nof their character Mid pr6- yious history would doiwel to read all about tie Cout- ?? ?? Hoi .aiy .knes. Theie nan's for interestiizg refugees witll meilancholy. flfces and ialnurialnt mustacliios is soffewliat on thde leclinei. Time was-i'li6it,-f1'stfficiefirfof a refeevety' penpiless ...

... TIlE FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. (From the Times), It seems likely that the late commercial disasters of the United States will have their' due effect on the policy of the Government and the manners of the people. This time the collapse hats beeni too complete, ,thle calamity too widespread, and the causes too evi- dent, for the impression to die away, and the speculators to resume their ...

... gig St, XsW I ?? E 1rid ) e A. i '~.MONDAY MORNINGS. DECEMBER 28. f case, divested of its legaltechmicalities, was that John ac Tbomson, 6lias Peter Walker, had caused the death of m Agnes Montgomery, resident in Eaglesham, by admi- tr nistering prussic acid mixed with table beer, on the 13th di ;day of last September; and further, that the said John se Thomson or Peter Walker had attempted ...

... r- TlE WANT OF SELF-RESPECT IN THE COIM- I MERCIAL CLASSES. (From the Economist.) Thle commercial classes of England, as a whole, Iave never yet learned sufficiently to respect them- ,elves. T'lhey are periodically atigry with the Govern- ,lent for cntployittg in the organisation of large and complex tratistetcionis-aS, for example, the Commis- ,ariat ill trle Crimea, or certain branches of ...

... ¶I!X I en 1R i N . i : , - : ?? T;O C IL,; ?? S. The Town Council thell uiet-the Lqrd Provost in the ehair. THEi CLXDE TRUST BlLL. Mr' MADvb6yLL ?? ivhether the ?? Bill had yet bedii lid'o6n the thble Jf the C6undil ? ?? ; - : - * -UMr. TORnzeii (the Clerk said that Wtdid notmnecessarily come before-tlhe.,Council, ,bu4 when the bill was. printed as finally amended, it would be brought before ...

... All?. JAMES COPPOCM. (Iroill tble Tinies Tbe friends and political connections of this well known Par- liamentary and electioneering stlicitor will regret to learn that his death iccurred, alter all illness of four days, at his house in Clseoland Itow, ol Saturday evening. Only a fortnight since lie was engsged some days in the country on his circuit duty as Treasurer or the Kent County Courts ...